Bulbophile
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who is obsessed with bulb plants.
"To those who know it not I may say the flowers are nearly an inch across, like golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive."
Example
More examples"To those who know it not I may say the flowers are nearly an inch across, like golden stars, the colour being deep yellow, with a medial brown nerve to each perianth division. They last a long time in beauty, and are to one bulbophile at least very attractive."
Etymology
From bulb + -o- + -phile.
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